• Curr Pain Headache Rep · Dec 2009

    Review

    Chronic tension-type headache.

    • Jessica Ailani.
    • Department of Neurology, Georgetown University Hospital, 3800 Reservoir Road NW, 7-PHC, Washington, DC 20007, USA.
    • Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2009 Dec 1; 13 (6): 479-83.

    AbstractTension-type headache is the most common headache type worldwide. Chronic tension-type headache (CTTH) affects 2% to 3% of patients, yet it represents the least talked about subtype of chronic daily headache. There is much debate in the headache community on whether CTTH exists as its own entity or is a milder form of chronic migraine (CM), because there are similarities and differences between the two headache forms. This article reviews CTTH, as well as the current pathophysiology and treatment, and discusses controversial issues in the diagnosis of CTTH and CM.

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